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EP0781223B1
EP0781223B1 EP95931159A EP95931159A EP0781223B1 EP 0781223 B1 EP0781223 B1 EP 0781223B1 EP 95931159 A EP95931159 A EP 95931159A EP 95931159 A EP95931159 A EP 95931159A EP 0781223 B1 EP0781223 B1 EP 0781223B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B60F—VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD; AMPHIBIOUS OR LIKE VEHICLES; CONVERTIBLE VEHICLES
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60F—VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD; AMPHIBIOUS OR LIKE VEHICLES; CONVERTIBLE VEHICLES
    • B60F1/00—Vehicles for use both on rail and on road; Conversions therefor
    • B60F1/04—Vehicles for use both on rail and on road; Conversions therefor with rail and road wheels on different axles
    • B60F1/043—Vehicles comprising own propelling units
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B1/00—General arrangement of stations, platforms, or sidings; Railway networks; Rail vehicle marshalling systems
    • B61B1/02—General arrangement of stations and platforms including protection devices for the passengers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B15/00—Combinations of railway systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B5/00—Elevated railway systems without suspended vehicles
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  • the invention relates to a transport system as indicated in the preamble of claim 1.
  • Vehicles of the type described in the above application are usually adapted for transportation of two persons, a driver and a passenger.
  • the vehicle can drive manually as an electric car on an ordinary road section but it can also drive by electronic control, as explained in the application, if the means necessary are provided in the road surface.
  • the traffic on the triangular rail is usually automatically controlled, and if possible the vehicles are coupled together in a column to save energy.
  • the main component of the transport system is the vehicle 1 as shown in figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, which drives on a rail 2 having a triangular cross-sectional profile 7 and usually a special brake rail 9 on top of the rail 2.
  • the triangular rail is placed with one top directed upwards.
  • each vehicle is provided with ordinary wheels 8 for roadway driving.
  • Each vehicle has a front and a rear end where for example the front end has two substantially plane surfaces 3, 4 forming an angle along a horizontal line 5, and where the rear end has two substantially plane surfaces 3', 4' likewise joining along a horizontal line as shown, and as explained in the above international application.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates how the dual-mode vehicle 1 is transferred from rail traffic, collecting power from the rail, to the roadway 10 as an individual, electric vehicle with wheels 8, collecting power from brought-along batteries.
  • the vehicle In the longitudinal direction the vehicle has a downwards directed, through-going notch 6 with a cross-sectional profile which corresponds substantially to the cross-sectional profile 7 of the rail 2.
  • the vehicle 1 When the vehicle 1 leaves the triangular rail it drives as an electric car with a limited range determined by the capacity of the built-in battery/batteries.
  • a transport system which can accommodate several persons simultaneously, especially persons travelling the same stretch or partial stretch and in the same way as travelling by bus or train, but maintaining the majority of the advantages of the transport system according to the above international application.
  • USA patent no. 3,447,481 describes a transport system which is configured mainly as indicated in the preamble of claim 1, but where some of the disadvantages of the conventional bus or train systems still prevail, among these comparatively long waits at each platform for boarding and alighting.
  • the transport system according to the invention a further development of the transport system according to the above international application is obtained, so that the possibility of using vehicles capable of accommodating a number of seated passengers in each vehicle is provided without interfering with the transport system in such a manner that undesirable situations arise which reduce the advantages and the efficiency of the system.
  • boarding and alighting is made easy as all passengers can step directly out onto the platform or they can enter freely into the vehicle.
  • an extremely low consumption of time is obtained for filling and/or emptying the vehicle. Consequently, the vehicle needs only to stop briefly at the platform.
  • the vehicle is preferably adapted to drive directly, i.e. without stopping, from one station to another so that all passengers leave the vehicle when the doors open.
  • the individual vehicles are coupled together in train units controlled by the electronic control system which may comprise rules for passenger traffic.
  • the transport system according to the invention also comprises a special station system with a number of platforms as disclosed in claim 1.
  • the possibility is hereby provided of guiding the passengers to and from the vehicle quickly and safely in a controlled manner so that the vehicle only needs to stop briefly. Subsequently, the vehicle leaves the platform again and is led out to the rail system, either individually or to be coupled together with other vehicles for the formation of a train.
  • the station system with a number of platforms being parallel as regards function also has the advantage that the station cannot be blocked if a vehicle is unable to continue, for example due to a defect, if one or more passengers cannot or will not alight or if the vehicle is held back for other reasons. Hereby delays for the rest of the vehicles are avoided.
  • the safety is significantly increased as the further barriers ensure both that there are no passengers on the platform until the vehicle is stationary and that new passengers are not admitted to the platform until the passengers leaving the vehicle have left it.
  • the dual-mode vehicle 11 in the improved system according to the invention and as shown in fig. 3 is configured with a front and a rear end of substantially the same shape and function as explained in connection with the system as shown an explained in connection with figs. 1 and 2, but the vehicle is considerably larger.
  • the front end can be configured with a window 12 as shown.
  • the vehicle is for example approx. 6 m long and can accommodate ten seated passengers.
  • the central console 17 is slightly wider at the centre of the vehicle than at the ends in order to permit curves of the rail. As a result, the widest seats are at the front and at the rear.
  • the vehicle has wheels 18 for roadway traffic and especially for traffic in connection with the station system which will be explained later.
  • the vehicle 11 can drive in the same way as the vehicle 1 shown in figs. 1 and 2.
  • the doors are hinged at the top of the vehicle by means of a longitudinally extending hinge 20 and can be configured as shown in the drawing with a further longitudinally extending hinge 19. There is a door at each side placed symmetrically about the median plane of the vehicle. When the doors open as shown in fig. 3, all passengers can step directly out onto the platform and new passengers can enter the vehicle directly. However, in certain situations it may be advantageous that there is one door per seat so that only the door/doors next to the passengers who are to alight will open, for example if a vehicle is operating as a so-called telebus.
  • Fig. 4 shows a station layout 31 having a number of platforms 32, each being raised above a roadway section configured as a hill or a double ramp 36 screened from the surroundings by barriers 34 at each platform. In each side of the barriers 34 there is an opening 35 at the top of the hill or double ramp 36. These openings are not much larger than the opening which appears in a vehicle when the door is opened.
  • the platforms 32 may be raised by means of concrete walls 39 or the like, in connection with which it should be pointed out that fig. 4 is simply a principle drawing.
  • Each platform 32 has an area at each side of each vehicle rendering free access to both sides of the vehicle.
  • each platform comprises additional barriers (not shown in the drawing) barring the platform or at least the area around each opening 35 on a platform, thus preventing admission to the area immediately in front of each opening 35 so as to ensure that no passengers or other persons stand close to the openings 35 before a vehicle is stationary covering the opening.
  • additional barriers which are arranged with doors or the like, it is possible to control boarding and alighting of the vehicle.
  • the doors When the vehicle is stationary the doors on both sides open. All passengers can step directly out onto the platform and leave in the same direction, for example in the direction shown by the arrow 37.
  • the passengers for example following the direction shown by the arrow 38, can enter and get seated in the vehicle.
  • the vehicles When the vehicles, for example forming a column and driving on the triangular rail, reaches the station system the vehicles are separated and they drive individually into each their platform as the system comprises a number of platforms coupled in parallel. At each platform the vehicles drive on a roadway section by electronic control and stop at the top of the double ramp and the exchange of passengers takes place as described earlier. There is no danger of passengers being hit by the vehicles as all movements at the double ramp are slow and the additional barriers will bar the entrance until the vehicle is stationary.
  • the doors 13 are closed, and the automatic control system brings the vehicle down the ramp 36 and guides it on to the rail on which it is carried on.
  • the electronic control system calculates how many vehicles are needed in relation to the traffic requirement and combines trains matching the requirement in the best possible way.
  • the station system 31 has five platforms.
  • the size of the station system depends on the number of vehicles it is desirable to couple together.
  • the coupling together is accomplished in an intelligent manner which is controlled by the electric control system, preferably according to the principle "last passenger on - first passenger off".
  • the vehicles 11 are adapted to go directly from one station to another without stopping and preferably in such a manner that all passengers leave the vehicle when the doors open.

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Background of the invention
The invention relates to a transport system as indicated in the preamble of claim 1.
International patent application no. WO 91/18777 describes a transport system of the dual-mode type and having dual-mode vehicles which can drive on a triangular rail individually or coupled together and as an individual electric car on an ordinary road.
All of the indications in the above application are included in the present application by this reference.
Vehicles of the type described in the above application are usually adapted for transportation of two persons, a driver and a passenger. The vehicle can drive manually as an electric car on an ordinary road section but it can also drive by electronic control, as explained in the application, if the means necessary are provided in the road surface. The traffic on the triangular rail is usually automatically controlled, and if possible the vehicles are coupled together in a column to save energy.
The main component of the transport system is the vehicle 1 as shown in figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, which drives on a rail 2 having a triangular cross-sectional profile 7 and usually a special brake rail 9 on top of the rail 2. The triangular rail is placed with one top directed upwards. Also, each vehicle is provided with ordinary wheels 8 for roadway driving.
Each vehicle has a front and a rear end where for example the front end has two substantially plane surfaces 3, 4 forming an angle along a horizontal line 5, and where the rear end has two substantially plane surfaces 3', 4' likewise joining along a horizontal line as shown, and as explained in the above international application.
Fig. 2 illustrates how the dual-mode vehicle 1 is transferred from rail traffic, collecting power from the rail, to the roadway 10 as an individual, electric vehicle with wheels 8, collecting power from brought-along batteries.
In the longitudinal direction the vehicle has a downwards directed, through-going notch 6 with a cross-sectional profile which corresponds substantially to the cross-sectional profile 7 of the rail 2.
The vehicle and the configuration of the vehicle as well as the permanent way 2 and the configuration of the permanent way will not be explained in detail in the present application, reference being made to the above international application.
When the vehicle 1 leaves the triangular rail it drives as an electric car with a limited range determined by the capacity of the built-in battery/batteries.
Explanation of the invention
In order to increase the capacity of the transport system it can be configured as disclosed in the characterizing part of claim 1.
A transport system is provided which can accommodate several persons simultaneously, especially persons travelling the same stretch or partial stretch and in the same way as travelling by bus or train, but maintaining the majority of the advantages of the transport system according to the above international application.
USA patent no. 3,447,481 describes a transport system which is configured mainly as indicated in the preamble of claim 1, but where some of the disadvantages of the conventional bus or train systems still prevail, among these comparatively long waits at each platform for boarding and alighting. With the transport system according to the invention a further development of the transport system according to the above international application is obtained, so that the possibility of using vehicles capable of accommodating a number of seated passengers in each vehicle is provided without interfering with the transport system in such a manner that undesirable situations arise which reduce the advantages and the efficiency of the system.
By configuring the transport system according to the invention with a vehicle as disclosed and characterized in claim 1, boarding and alighting is made easy as all passengers can step directly out onto the platform or they can enter freely into the vehicle. Hereby an extremely low consumption of time is obtained for filling and/or emptying the vehicle. Consequently, the vehicle needs only to stop briefly at the platform.
The vehicle is preferably adapted to drive directly, i.e. without stopping, from one station to another so that all passengers leave the vehicle when the doors open. The individual vehicles are coupled together in train units controlled by the electronic control system which may comprise rules for passenger traffic.
The transport system according to the invention also comprises a special station system with a number of platforms as disclosed in claim 1. The possibility is hereby provided of guiding the passengers to and from the vehicle quickly and safely in a controlled manner so that the vehicle only needs to stop briefly. Subsequently, the vehicle leaves the platform again and is led out to the rail system, either individually or to be coupled together with other vehicles for the formation of a train.
The station system with a number of platforms being parallel as regards function also has the advantage that the station cannot be blocked if a vehicle is unable to continue, for example due to a defect, if one or more passengers cannot or will not alight or if the vehicle is held back for other reasons. Hereby delays for the rest of the vehicles are avoided.
By configuring the transport system according to the invention as disclosed and characterized in claim 4 the safety is significantly increased as the further barriers ensure both that there are no passengers on the platform until the vehicle is stationary and that new passengers are not admitted to the platform until the passengers leaving the vehicle have left it.
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The invention is explained in closer detail below with reference to the drawing, wherein
fig. 1
shows a known dual-mode vehicle designed both as a vehicle moving on rails and as a roadway vehicle,
fig. 2
shows the vehicle in fig. 1 in the transitional phase from rail traffic to road traffic,
fig. 3
shows the dual-mode vehicle for the transport system according to the invention, and
fig. 4
is a principle drawing showing a station layout with a number of platforms for the transport system according to the invention.
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Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing showing a known dual-mode transport system is explained above and will not be further commented on here.
The dual-mode vehicle 11 in the improved system according to the invention and as shown in fig. 3 is configured with a front and a rear end of substantially the same shape and function as explained in connection with the system as shown an explained in connection with figs. 1 and 2, but the vehicle is considerably larger. However, the front end can be configured with a window 12 as shown. The vehicle is for example approx. 6 m long and can accommodate ten seated passengers. For the maximum number of ten passengers there are ten seats placed in two rows with five seats 14 at each side of a central console covering the through-going notch 16 having a triangular cross-sectional profile so that the vehicle can drive on the rail system as shown in figs. 1 and 2. The central console 17 is slightly wider at the centre of the vehicle than at the ends in order to permit curves of the rail. As a result, the widest seats are at the front and at the rear.
Additionally, the vehicle has wheels 18 for roadway traffic and especially for traffic in connection with the station system which will be explained later. Moreover, the vehicle 11 can drive in the same way as the vehicle 1 shown in figs. 1 and 2.
The doors are hinged at the top of the vehicle by means of a longitudinally extending hinge 20 and can be configured as shown in the drawing with a further longitudinally extending hinge 19. There is a door at each side placed symmetrically about the median plane of the vehicle. When the doors open as shown in fig. 3, all passengers can step directly out onto the platform and new passengers can enter the vehicle directly. However, in certain situations it may be advantageous that there is one door per seat so that only the door/doors next to the passengers who are to alight will open, for example if a vehicle is operating as a so-called telebus.
Fig. 4 shows a station layout 31 having a number of platforms 32, each being raised above a roadway section configured as a hill or a double ramp 36 screened from the surroundings by barriers 34 at each platform. In each side of the barriers 34 there is an opening 35 at the top of the hill or double ramp 36. These openings are not much larger than the opening which appears in a vehicle when the door is opened.
The platforms 32 may be raised by means of concrete walls 39 or the like, in connection with which it should be pointed out that fig. 4 is simply a principle drawing.
Each platform 32 has an area at each side of each vehicle rendering free access to both sides of the vehicle.
Furthermore, each platform comprises additional barriers (not shown in the drawing) barring the platform or at least the area around each opening 35 on a platform, thus preventing admission to the area immediately in front of each opening 35 so as to ensure that no passengers or other persons stand close to the openings 35 before a vehicle is stationary covering the opening. By means of these additional barriers, which are arranged with doors or the like, it is possible to control boarding and alighting of the vehicle. When the vehicle is stationary the doors on both sides open. All passengers can step directly out onto the platform and leave in the same direction, for example in the direction shown by the arrow 37. Immediately after new passengers are admitted to the platform as the mentioned additional barriers are opened so that the passengers, for example following the direction shown by the arrow 38, can enter and get seated in the vehicle.
As the passengers have beforehand informed the electronic control system of their destination and have paid the required fare, for example by means of a "smart card", signs or the like before and at the additional barriers will show the passengers which vehicle they are supposed to board in order to reach their destination.
When the vehicles, for example forming a column and driving on the triangular rail, reaches the station system the vehicles are separated and they drive individually into each their platform as the system comprises a number of platforms coupled in parallel. At each platform the vehicles drive on a roadway section by electronic control and stop at the top of the double ramp and the exchange of passengers takes place as described earlier. There is no danger of passengers being hit by the vehicles as all movements at the double ramp are slow and the additional barriers will bar the entrance until the vehicle is stationary.
After boarding, the doors 13 are closed, and the automatic control system brings the vehicle down the ramp 36 and guides it on to the rail on which it is carried on.
The electronic control system calculates how many vehicles are needed in relation to the traffic requirement and combines trains matching the requirement in the best possible way.
In the example shown in fig. 4 the station system 31 has five platforms. The size of the station system depends on the number of vehicles it is desirable to couple together. The coupling together is accomplished in an intelligent manner which is controlled by the electric control system, preferably according to the principle "last passenger on - first passenger off". The vehicles 11 are adapted to go directly from one station to another without stopping and preferably in such a manner that all passengers leave the vehicle when the doors open.

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  1. Transport system with dual-mode vehicles (11) and a station system for said dual-mode vehicles, said vehicles being in the form of electrically driven vehicles which can be driven forward by built-in batteries or can be power supplied via a running rail or the like, which vehicles have wheels (18) for driving on a roadway or the like and means for driving on a rail (2) having a substantially triangular cross-sectional profile (7) pointing one of the tops upwards and in that the vehicle has a downward facing, through-going notch (16) in the longitudinal direction, which notch has a cross-sectional profile substantially corresponding to that of the rail, and where the vehicle comprises at least one door (13) at each side for entering and alighting when the vehicle is stationary, and that the vehicle is adapted to accommodate a number of passengers at a time, in that it comprises two longitudinally extending rows of seats, one row at each side of the notch (16, 17), and that each door (13) has such extent in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle that admission can be provided to all seats on the side in question when the train stops at the station system (31), said station system being provided with a number of platforms (32) arranged parallel to the driving direction, characterized in that each platform comprises
    a) a roadway section comprising an upwardly and a downwardly extending ramp (36) and a raised parking area between them for at least one vehicle (11),
    b) barriers (34) preventing access to the roadway (36) by passengers from a platform (32) except for an opening (35) at each side corresponding to the length of the door of a vehicle when parked at said parking area, said platform being raised above the roadway, and
    c) additional barriers selectively barring the platform (32) or at least the area around each opening (35) of the barrier.
  2. Transport system according to claim 1, characterized in that each door (13) is hinged (20) at the top of the vehicle and is opened by upward displacement.
  3. Transport system according to claim 2, characterized in that each door is in two parts around a longitudinal hinge (19).
  4. Transport system according to claim 1, characterized in that each vehicle is controlled electronically by an electronic control system as regards speed and stop position at the platform (32), which control system also controls the additional barriers.
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